[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22552]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,
42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq.
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that a proposed partial consent decree in United States
v. Excel Corp., Civil Action No. 3:93CV0119RM, was lodged on August 13,
1996 with the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Indiana. The consent decree resolves the claims alleged against Excel
Corporation, Elkhart Products Corporation, Detrex Corporation, NIBCO,
Inc., Miles, Inc. and Adams & Westlake, Ltd. under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
Secs. 9601, et seq., (``CERCLA''). The proposed Consent Decree provides
for the payment by these settling parties of $4,452,500 of the United
States unrecovered response costs at the Main Street Well Field Site in
Elkhart, Indiana (the ``Site''). The proposed Consent Decree also
resolves the United States claim against Detrex Corporation for a civil
penalty for its alleged failure to perform response activities at the
Site pursuant to an administrative order issued by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Excel Corp., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-799.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 301 Federal Building, 204 South Main Street,
South Bend, Indiana; the Region 5 Office of the Environment Protection
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $10.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the
Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-22552 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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